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, BOARD 

OF 

PUBLIC EDUCATION 

First School District of 
Pennsylvania. 



- Secretary's Office: 
Room 295, - City Hall, 

PHILADELPHIA. 



Office Hours, from*© A. M. to 3 P. M. 

Stated Meetings held on the Second 
Tuesday of each Month, at 3 p. m. 






Philadelphia : 

BuRK & McFetridge Co., Printers 

306-308 Chestnut St. 

1900. 



4 "f. OKKICERS. 

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^'. President, 

t SAMUEL B. HUEY, 

Ex-Officio Member of all Standing Committees. 



Vice-President, 

HENRY R. EDMUNDS. 



Secretary, 

ANDREW F. HAMMOND. 



Assistant Secretary, 

WILLIAM DICK. 



Clerks, 
ALBERT B. BEALE, 
LUCIAN E. DRAKE, 
HENRY MOORE, 
JOHN D. HARDIN, 
RULIF VAN BRUNT, 
J, G. LARGE. 

Warrant Clerks, 
EDWARD MERCHANT, 
THOS. A. HUGHES. 

St en ographer, 
LENA A. HUMPHRIES, 



Messenger, 
WILLIAM S. RUFF. 



Superintendent of Public Schools, 

DR. EDWARD BROOKS. 

Office, Room No. 694, City Hall. 



Assistant Superintendents, 
DR. EDGAR A. SINGER, 

C. HENRY KAIN, A. M., 

DR. WM. C. JACOBS, 
DR. JOHN P. GARBER, 

LYDIA A. KIRBY, 

MARY WRIGHT. 



Superintendent' s Clerk, 
ADDIE S. HOVER. 



Librarian, 
LILLIAN I. RHOADES. 



Director of Drawing, 

WM. A. MASON. 

Assistants. — Elizabeth Barnes, Martha Wal- 
ter, Caroline Van Gilder. 



Director of Music, 
ENOCH W. PEARSON. 
Assistants. — Florence H. Duncan, Katharine 
E. Murphy, Ida M. Pecht, Helen Pulaski, 
Mary J. Wilbraham, Katharine H. Bright, 
Ella C. Fitzpatrick. Katharine E. Seeler, 
Clerk. 



Director of Kindergartens , 
ANNA W. WILLIAMS. 



A rchitect and Supervisor 0/ School Buildings. 

J. HORACE COOK. 

OfSce, 713 Filbert Street. 



Assistant A rchitects and Inspectors, 
JOS. V/. ANSHUTZ, 
JAMES GAW, 

DANIEL S. BEALE, 

LEWIS P. HOOPES. 



Inspector of Heaters, 
JOHN D. CASSELL. 



NIE^MBKRS 



1. CHAS. E. DAVIS, 

Mo. 513 Tasker Street. 

2. GEORGE N. LOWERY, 

No. 1223 Ellsworth Street. 

3. JOS. D. MURPHY, 

No. 754 S. Tenth Street. 

4. WM. J. MANNING, 

No. 731 S. Tenth Street. 

5. JOHN M. CAMPBELL, 

No. 215 S. Sixth Street. 

6. WILLIAM BERGAN, 

No. 228 N. Fifth Street. 

7. ANNA HALLO WELL, 

No. 908 Clinton Street. 

8. SIMON GRATZ, 

No. 1919 Spruce Street. 

9. THOS. G. MORTON, M. D., 

No. 161 7 Chestnut Street. 
ID. THOMAS A. ROBINSON, 

No. 1 1 16 Girard Street. 

11. WM. H. R. LUKENS, 

No. 203 Brown Street. 

12. THOMAS A. GRACE, 

No. 338 Fairmount Avenue. 

13. MARTIN H. WILLIAMS, M. D., 

No. 868 N. Eighth Street. 
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14. JOEL COOK. 

No. 849 N. Broad Street. 

15. HENRY R. EDMUNDS, 

No. 425 Walnut Street. 

16. THOMAS G. BARRETT, 

No. 1016 N. Fifth Street. 

17. JAMES HUGHES, 

No. 1300 N. Third Street. 

18. ALEX. ADAIRE, 

No. 1414 Palmer Street. 

19. MATTHEW J. WILSON, M. D., 

No. 1750 Frankford Avenue. 

20. THOMAS E. MERCHANT, 

Land Title BIdg., Broad and Chestnut Streets, 

21. RUDOLPH S. WALTON, 

No. 377 Green Lane, Roxborough. 

22. WM. T. TILDEN, 

McKean Ave. and Manheim St,, Gtn. 

23. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, 

No. 4308 Frankford Avenue. 

24. EDWARD LEWIS, 

Thirty-third Street and Powelton Avenue. 

25. WM. H. ZIEGLER, M. D., 

No. 3028 Frankford Avenue. 

26. PAUL KAVANAGH, 

No. 322 Walnut Street. 

27. SAMUEL B. HUEY, 

Drexel Bldg., Fifth and Chestnut Streets. 

28. JOHN OUGHTON, 

No. 2122 Germantown Avenue 



29. MARY E. MUMFORD, 

No. 1401 N. Seventeenth Street. 

30. WM. J. pOLLoeii", 

' ' '' No. 440 Walnut Street. 

31. WILLIAM McINTYRE, 

Frankfoi'd Avferiue arid Adams Street. 

32. HAl^VEY H. H'U'BBERT, 

N6.':S46'-Chestnut Street. 

33. WILLIAM WRIGLEY, 

• • Eighteenth and Caynga Streets. 

34. JOSEPH R^ RHOADS,- -.- ^-" — ■ 

■ - ' ' No. 514 Walnut Street. 

35. THOS. SHALLCRGSS, ■ • •- 

■ ' Byberry. 

36. GEORGE HAIG, ,, ..., ,- 

N. E. Coi . Twenty-first and Wharton Sts, 

37. chXs.h.Vanfleft/ "' 

No. 132 S. E-ghth Street. 

38. MARY T. MASON, -' " *'"': '"" 

School Lane. 

39. WM. F. DEFRAtES, " 

No. 610 Snyder Avenue. 

40. SAMUEL G. DIXON, M. dV, " " 

S.^ W. Cor. Nineteenth and Race Sts. 

41. H, A.'pV'NEEL, M.p., 

" '• Tacony. 



COMMITTEES. 

CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. 

Meets at call of Chair/ 
Sainir'B. iliiey, X^hai^man. 
[By direction of the Board.] 
Henry R. Edmunds, Thomas A. Robinson, 
Ak»s.^j!^aij5e^ i^.;'^^\. Wm. WrigJey^ ' ''*-'>* 
Wm. J. Pollock, Joseph R. Rhoads, 

Richardson I/, Wright, Josl Cook, 
,.V\^m. T. TJlden. 

PHILADELPHIA NORMAL SCHOOL 

^ ' '■ ■^■'■. FOR GIRLS/ '■ "-;.'.'" ."l- 

Meets at the School on the last Friday, at la 
,„ - , ^. .... « o'clock M.>~ .. ... > I » 
Simon Gratz,' Cftairman. 
Rudolph S. Wakon, .M. J. Wilson, M. D., 
Anna HalloweH, " Joseph" D. Murphy, 

Thos.G.MoTtottjM.D., Thos; A; Gtace^ , 
Thos. Shallcross," .^ John M. Cam^ell. 



HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. 

Meets at call of Chair. 

Thos. GV'Mo1l*n/ M . "h .V Chairman. 
Richardson-Lj:'.Wright,^hOs. E. Merchant, 
Mary E, Mumford,^' Simon Gratz, . 
Paul Kavanargh; Thosi-G. Barrett, 

Henry' R. EdEnunds, Mary T. MasG«. 

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CENTRAL MANUAL TRAINING 
SCHOOL. 

Meets Wednesday previous to meeting of 
Board. 
Edward Lewis, Chairman. 
John M. Campbell, Harvey H. Hubbert, 
George Haig, Saml. G. Dixon, M.D.. 

M. H.Williams, M.D., John Oughton, 
Wm. J. Manning, Wm. F. Defrates. 

NORTHEAST MANUAL TRAINING i 
SCHOOL. 

Meets at call of Chair, 
Thomas Shallcross, Chairman. 
Jas. Hughes, M. H. Williams, M.D., 

Wm. Wrigley, Chas. H. Vanfleet, 

Wm. Mclntyre, Wm. F. Defrates, 

M. J. Wilson, M. D., Geo. N. Lowery. 

JAS. FORTEN ELEMENTARY 
MANUAL TRAINING SCHOOL. 

Meets at call of Chair. 
Anna Hallowell, Chairman. 
W. J. Manning, Wm. T. Tilden, 

Joseph D. Murphy, Mary E. Mumford, 
J^ohn Oughton, Miry T. Mason, 

Chas. E. Davis, Wm. Mclntyre. 

REVISION OF STUDIES. 

Meets at call of Chair. 
Joseph R. Rhoads, Chairman. 
Mary E. Mumford, Mary T. Mason, 
Anna Hallowell, George N. Lowery, 

Wm. J. Pollock. 



TEXT-BOOKS. 

Meets at call of Chair. 

M. J. Wilson, M. D., Chairman. 
Wm. J. Pollock, George N. Lowery, 

Chas. H. Vanfleet, Samuel G.Dixon,M.D. 
M. H.Williams, M.D., Thomas G. Barrett. 



INDUSTRIAL ART EDUCATION. 

Meets on the last Friday. 
John Oughton, Chairman. 
Thos. A. Robinson, George N. Lowery, 
Anna Hallowell, Geo. Haig, 

William J. Manning, Chas. E. Davis, 
Charles H. Vanfleet, H. A. P. Neel, M. D. 



SCHOLARSHIPS. 

Meet at call of Chair. 

John M. Campbell, Chairman. 
Edward Lewis, William Bergan, 

Henry R. Edmunds, Alex. Adaire, 
Joseph R. Rhoads, Thomas A. Grace, 
Wm. Wrigley, Joseph D. Murphy, 



ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. 
Meets on the ist and 3d Thursdays, at 3 J^ p. m. 

Thomas E. Merchant, Chairman. 
Paul Kavanagh, Harvey H. Hubbert, 

Mary E. Mumford, Edward Lewis, 
Richardson L.Wright, W. H. R. Lukens, 
Simon Gratz, Thos. G. Barrett, 

James Hughes, Henry R. Edmunds. 



„„..SUPEHES. .... 

Meets on Thuisdaylpreaeding, meeting of the 
\- ■.,.,, , . Bo^rd^ «a.t 2 p. B^i -... . ., 

h*'-' ''Rrehardson L. Wx'\^t,~Chhirman. 
JoelOdolc.- '•• ■ "■» '■ Jkmes .Hughes, • 
Thos.G.Morton,M.D., Thos. Shallcross, 
Thos. A. Robinson, Rudolph S. Walton. 

T- OFFICE. " 

' ^eets at c&ll of -Ghair. ., 

^ ^"W. H^3^. J^nkens,' Chairman, 
Paul Kavanagh^ 3 Simon-Grat«, ... „. 
Thos.G.Morton,M.D,, Wm. J. Pollock. 

^EGISLATIO?!, 

Meets ^at.c^ll of^ Chair. 

.iWilliam WjS^&yiiiChai^maftu. 
M. H. Williams, M.D., William Bergan, i U . 
Chas. E. Davis,. .:. H.:A..P.:Nsel,.M. D., 
Joseph R. Rhoads, Wm. H. Ziegler. 



NIGHT SCHOOLS. , ., 

Meets eveiry Friday, at- 4 p., .sju, while Night 
Schools are open. 

S:JKt.i:::\ ^ , :: :r.. .. .a.»-/U,x^'. 

.CTi" iUexander Adaire, CAa!/r»«(3!«. .-; t. 

George Eiaig,: . Thos. E. Merchan^t, 

Jam,es HughesJ .' Ghas.U. Vanfleet, 

M. J. Wilson, M..D,., John Oughton, 

Joseph D.JVImphy, Chas. E.rvDaTFLsi •. 

Wm. Mclntyre, Wm. J. Manning, 

Wm. Wrigley, Thos. A. Grace. 



QUALIFICATION! OF TEACHERS. 

; ,MeQtsat cg,U, of,- Chair., , ,, 
.Tho^.G. Barrett^ CMt'rMdfi.- ••»•> 
Charles H. Vtinfieet, Thos. A. Robipsoti, 
John M. Campbell, Edward' Lewis,- 
Williara Bergan, Thos. Shallcross. 

^vACCOU^NTS. ., 

Meets Monday preceding meeting of the 
,., , , ,! Boards at 3}^ p. m. , „. 
4.^' ^Joseph D. Murphy, Chair Triant-"'- 
GetH-gfe.Haig, George N: Lowery, 

Wm. Mclntyre, Wm. F. Defrates. 

, E^TiMATES. ., 
Meets at call of Chaip. 

n i< .jdelCook, Chairman. '■'■'■' 
Thonias E. Merchant, Rudolph S- Walton, 
Paul KaVanagh, Thos. A. Grace, 

Alex. Adaire, W. H. R. Lukens, 

H. H, Hubbert, William Bergan. 

AUDITS. 

Meets at call of Ch^^ 
George Haig, Chainttan. . I V 
Thos. A. Grac&i . H. A.. P. Neiel, M. B.', 
Wm. F. Defrates, Wm. H. Ziegler, M. D. 

** ^ r { J j! 
BY-VAWS i^^ RULES. 
. ,!^^eets■at call pf^Chajif. ,. 
jairtes Hughes, Chai^jnan'. 1 i /d 
Henry R. Edmunds, Rudolph Sk Walton, 
Simon Grata:, , Wm. T. Tilidea,. ,js, 

Chas. E. Davis, Thos. A. Robinson, 

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PROPERTY. 

Meets ist and 3d Tuesdays, at 3% p. m. 
Paul Kavanagh, Chairman. 
Richardson L.Wright, H. H. Hubbert, 
Edward Lewis, Alex. Adaire, 

Joseph R. Rhoads, Wm. T. Tilden. 

SUPERINTENDENCE. 

Meets at call of Chair. 

Wm. J. Pollock, Chairman. 

Simon Gratz, Wm. Mclntyre, 

Joel Cook, H. A. P. Neel, M. D., 

M. J. Wilson, M. D., Wm. H. Ziegler, M.D., 

HYGIENE. 

Meets at call of Chair. 

Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., Chairman. 

Thos. G. Morton, M.D., M. J. Wilson, M. D., 

M. H. Williams, M. D., H. A. P. Neel, M.D. 

5 COMPULSORY EDUCATION. 

Meets ist Thursday, at 3 p. m. 

Rudolph S. Walton, Chairman. 
Mary E. Mumford, Joel Cook, 
W. H. R, Lukens, John M. Campbell, 
Thos. E. Merchant, Samuel G. Dixon, M.D. 

MUSIC. 

Meets at call of Chair. 

H. H. Hubbert, Chairman. 
Anna Hallowell, Mary T. Mason, 

Thos. G. Barrett, Wm. F. Defrates, 

Thos. Shallcross, William Bergan. 

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COOKING CLASSES. 

Meets at call of Chair, 

Mary E. Mumford, Chairman. 
Wm. J. Manning, Wm. Wrigley, 

John Oughton, Wm. H. Ziegler, M. D. 

FREE PUBLIC LECTURES. 

Meets at call of Chair. 

Henry R. Edmunds, Chairm.an. 
Jos. D. Murphy, Jos. R. Rhoads, 

Wm. T. Tilden, Mary T. Mason, 

John Oughton, Saml. G. Dixon, M. D. 



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IsIAlVLES 



OWNED AND RENTED BY 
THE CITY. 



Central High School, Broad and Green Streets. 

Dr. Robt. E. Thompson, President. 
Central High School Annex (rented), N. E. 

cor. Broad and Mt. Vernon Streets. 
Central High School Annex (rented), 1204 

Spring Garden Street. 
Girls' High School, Seventeenth and Spring 

Garden Streets. Wm. D. Rorer, Principal. 
Girls' High SchoL^l Annex (rented). S. E. cor. 

Broad and Spring Garden Streets. 
Philadelphia Normal School for Girls, Thir- 
teenth and Spring Garden Streets. J. 

Monroe Willard, Principal. 
Philadelphia Normal School Annex, 1323 

Sprinsj Garden Street. 
Central Manual Training School, N. E. cor. 

Seventeenth and Wood Streets. Wm. L. 

Sayre, Principal. 
Central Manual Training School Annex, 

Cherry Street, above Fifteenth. 
Northeast Manual Training School, Howard 

Street, below Girard Avenue. And. J. 

Morrison, Principal. 
Industrial Art School, (Hollingsworth Build- 
ing), Locust Street, above Broad. J. 

Liberty Ta'^d, Principal. 
James Forten Elementary Manual Training 

School, Sixth Street, above Lombard. 

Hannah A. Fox, Principal. 

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FIRST SECTION. 

Chas. S. Close, S. E. cor. Seventh and Dick- 
inson Streets. Edw. Neville, Supervising 
Principal. 

Jno. P. Baugh, Dickinson Street, bel. Seventh. 
Matilda Hand, Supervising Principal. 

Weccacoe, S. E. cor. Second and Reed Streets. 
Margt. J. Neville, Supervising Principal. 

Tasker, S. E. cor. Ninth and Tasker Streets. 
Mary J. Colwell, Supervising Ptincipal. 

Francis Read, cor. Eleventh and Moore Streets. 
Anna M. Lash, Supervising Principal. 

Henry Clay, S. Howard Street, above Reed. 
Mary G. Edmunds, Principal. 

Morris, Morris Street, below Second. Lydia 
D. Myers, Supervising Principal. 



SECOND SECTION. 

George W. Nebinger, Carpenter Street, above 

Sixth. Albert H. Raub, Supervising 

Principal. 
Wharton, Fifth Street, below Washington Ave. 

Margt. Maguire, Supervising Principal. 
Washington, Carpenter Street, above Ninth. 

Elizabeth A, Anderson, Supervising Prin- 
cipal. 
Nebinger Annex, League Street, below 

Second. 
John Stockdale, Thirteenth Street, below 

Washington Avenue. Josephine Ritchie, 

Principal. 
Wharton Annex (rented). Fifth Street, below 

Washington Avenue. 
Kindergarten (rented), 924 and 926 S. Ninth 

Street. 

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THIRD SECTION. 

Mount Vernon, Catharine Street, above Third. 

GeofFry Buckwalter, Supervising Prin- 
cipal. 
Fletcher, Christian Street, above Front. Eliz. 

A. McGuire, Supervising Principal. 
Thomas B. Florence, Catharine Street, below 

Eighth. Kate H. Bunting, Supervising 

Principal. 
Lyons, Catharine Street, above Tenth. Mary 

G. Desmond, Supervising Principal. 
Lyons Annex (rented). Christian Street, below 

Sixth. 
Beck (rented), Catharine Street, above Sixth. 

Helen B. Begley, Principal. 

FOURTH SECTION. 

Ringgold, N. E. cor. Eighth and Fitzwater Sts. 
Fagen, Twelfth Street, above Fitzwater, May 

F. Belcher, Supervising Principal. 
William M. Meredith, Fifth Street, above Fitz- 
water. Emma F. Brodwater, Supervising 

Principal. 
Ralston, N. E. cor. Guilford and Bainbridge 

Streets. Rose McNeill, Principal. 
Ronaldson (rented), Fitzwater Street, above 

Sixth. Susan A. Ferry, Principal. 
Ringgold Annex (rented), 825 Fitzwater Street. 
Kindergarten (rented), 727 S. Twelfth Street. 
Kindergarten (rented), 208 Bainbridge Street. 

FIFTH SECTION. 
Horace Binney, Spruce Street, below Sixth. 

Alfred V. Sayre, Supervising Principal. 
George M. Wharton, Third Street, bel. Pine. 

Rosalie J. Dunton, Supervi'^ing Principal. 
Primary (rented), N. W. cor. Fifth and Pine 

Streets. C. A. Edwards, Principal. 
Kindergarten (rented), 307 Lombard Street. 
Kindergarten (rented), 528 S. Second Street. 

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SIXTH SECTION. 

Northeast, N, W. cor. Lawrence and Race 

Streets. Andrew Macfarlane, Supervising 

Principal. 
Northeast Annex, Lawrence Street, above 

Race. 
New Street, below Second. Sallie Healy, 

Principal. 

SEVENTH SECTION. 

U. S. Grant, N. E. cor. Seventeenth and Pine 
Streets. Thos, G. Gentry, Supervising 
Principal. 

Primary, Twenty-third Street, abv. Lombard. 
Annie J. Crosby, Principal. 

Alice Lippincott, S. E. cor. Nineteenth and 
Addison Streets. Martha Young, Super- 
vising Principal. 

J. Sylvester Ramsey, N. E. cor. Pine and 
Quince Streets. Agnes Martin, Supervis- 
ing Principal. 

O. V. Catto, Lombard St., above Twentieth. 
Caroline R, LeCount, Principal. 

EIGHTH SECTION. 

Locust Street, N. E. cor. Twelfth and Locust 
Streets. Oscar Gerson, Principal. 

Hollingsworth, Locust Street, above Broad. 
Anna I. McCormick, Supervising Prin- 
cipal. 

James A. Garfield, S. W. cor. Twenty-second 
and Locust Streets. Sallie A. Long, Piin- 
cipal. 

NINTH SECTION. 

Keystone, Nineteenth, above Chestnut. Guy 

Gundaker, Principal, 
Zane Street, Filbert Street, above Seventh. 

C. F. Hutchinson, Principal. 

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TENTH SECTION. 

Northwest, Race Street, below Fifteenth. 
Oliver P. Cornman, Supervising Princi- 
pal. 

John Agnew, Cherry Street, above Tenth. 
Kath. B. Lacy, Supervising Principal. 

Edward Shippen, Cherry Street, above Nine- 
teenth. Emma M. Davis, Principal. 

Sergeant Street, above Ninth (vacant). 

ELEVENTH SECTION. 

Northern Liberties, Third Street, below Green. 
Danl. W. Hutchin, Supervising Principal. 

Northern Liberties Annex, American Street, 
below Buttonwood. 

Madison, Mascher Street, above Noble. Bar- 
bara Brown, Supervising Principal. 

Madison Annex, Mascher Street, above 
Brown. 

TWELFTH SECTION. 

Mifflin, Third Street, above Brown. Joseph- 
ine H. Davis, Principal. 

E. M. Paxson, Noble Street, below Sixth. 
Caroline A. Stout, Principal. 

Rovoudt, Fairmount Ave., below Fifth Street. 
Kath. M. Berlin, Principal. 

Saunders, N. W. cor. Orianna and Callowhill 
Streets. Eliz. Hogan, Principal. 

THIRTEENTH SECTION. 

Wyoming, N. E. cor. Sixth Street and Fair- 
mount Avenue. Martha F. Bavington, 
Principal. 

Warner, Eighth Street, above Parrish. Ella 
Jacobs, Supervising Principal. 

J. Q. Adams, Garden Street, bel. Buttonwood. 
Lydia M. Wolfe, Principal. 



FOURTEENTH SECTION. 

Hancock, Fairmount Avenue, above Twelfth 
Street. Geo. V. Z. Long-, Supervising 
Principal. 

Roberts Vaux, Wood Street, below Twelfth. 
Henrietta R. Farrelly, Principal. 

John M. Ogden, N. E. cor. Twelfth and 
Wistar Streets. Emma J. SallaJe, Prin- 
cipal 

Robert T. Conrad, Melon St'-eet, bel. Twelfth. 
Annie G. Stretch, Principal. 

Spring Garden, S. E. cor. Twelfth and Ogden 
Streets. Eliza F. LeMaistre, Principal. 

FIFTEENTH SECTION. 

Thaddeus Stevens, Seventeenth Street, above 
Fairmount Avenue. Louis A. Ridge, 
Supervising Principal. 

Lincoln, S. E. cor. Twentieth Street and Fair- 
mount Avenue. Emiiie M. Crease, Super- 
vising P'.incipal. 

Thos. Wood, Twenty-third Street, above Cal- 
lowhill, , Supervising Principal. 

A. D. Bache, N. E. cor. Twenty-second and 
Brown Streets. Emma Graham, Super- 
vising Principal. 

Kindergarten (rented), 335 N. Twentieth St. 

Kindergarten (no rental), S. W. cor. Twenty- 
second and Wallace Streets. 



SIXTEENTH SECTION. 

Jefferson, Fifth Street, above Poplar. Frank- 
lin F. Cartledge, Supervising Principal. 

Landenberger, Fourth Street, above George. 
Eliz. E. Wark, Principal. 



SIXTEENTH SECTION-Continued. 

George Wolfe, Orianna Street, above Poplar. 

Minna L. Bitting, Principal. 
Primary, Girard Avenue and Leopard Street. 

Eliz. K. Brous, Principal, 

SEVENTEENTH SECTION. 

John MoflFet, S. W. cor. Second and Oxford 

Streets. David R. Baer, Supervising 

Principal. 
Ludlow, N. E. cor. Master and Lawrence 

Streets, LydiaG. Hepworth, Supervising 

Principal. 
Webster, Hancock Street, abv , Girard Avenue. 

Emilie Jacobs, Supervising Principal. 
Kindergarten (rented), Hancock Street, above 

Girard Avenue. 

EIGHTEENTH SECTION. 

Vaughan, Marlborough Street, abv. Thompson. 
Wm. H. McLaughlin, Supervising Prin- 
cipal, 

Alexander Adaire, Palmer Street, above 
Thompson. Sarah A. Gilbert, Supervis- 
ing Principal. 

Chandler, Montgomery Avenue, above Rich- 
mond Street, Mary A. Miller, Supervis- 
ing Principal. 

T. K. Finletter, N.E. cor. Montgomery Avenue 
and Gaul Street. Eliz. Windle, Principal. 

Gorgas, N. W. cor. Belgrade Street and E. 
Susquehanna Avenue. Clara Bowen, 
Principal. 

Douglass, S. W. cor. Huntingdon and Edge- 
mont Streets. Hannah J . Graham, Prin- 
cipal. 

Shackamaxon (rented), 1014 Shackamaxon 
Street. Maggie V. Fisher, Principal. 



NINETEENTH SECTION. 

William H. Hunter, S. W. cor. Dauphin and 
Mascher Streets. S. E. B. Kinsloe, Prin- 
cipal. 

John Welsh, N. E, cor. Fourth and Dauphin 
Streets. Robt. J. McLaughlin, Supervis- 
ing Principal. 

Cohocksink, N. W. cor. Fourth Street and 
Montgomery Avenue. Annie Lyle, Prin- 
cipal. 

John K. Hartranft, Seventh Street, above York. 
Kate J. Geisler, Supervising Principal 

William F. Miller, Howard Street, above 
Diamond. Mary S. Hearder, Supervising 
Principal. 

WiUiam Adamson, Fourth Street, bel. Lehigh 
Avenue. Georgiana Buckley, Supervising 
Principal. 

Franklin, American Street, above Columbia 
Avenue. Selina Allen, Principal. 

Cumberland, S. W. cor. Hancock and Cum- 
berland Streets. Isabella R. Caskey, 
Supervising Principal. 

Megargee, S. W. cor. Susquehanna Avenue 
and Lawrence Street. Anna J. McKin- 
ney, Supervising Principal. 

TWENTIETH SECTION. 

Park Avenue, below Master Street. J. M. 
Thomas, Principal. 

Rutledge, N. W. cor. Seventh and Norris Sts. 
Harrison Walton, Supervising Principal. 

Penn, S. E. cor. Eighth and Thompson Sts, 
Laura Kramer, Principal. 

James Lynd, Twelfth St., abv. Columbia Ave. 
Deborah L. Cordery, Supervising Prin- 
cipal. 

Daniel Webster, Eleventh St., bel. Thompson. 
Amelia J. Allen, Supervising Principal. 

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TWENTIETH SECTION— Continued. 

James Todd, N. W. cor. Franklin and Norris 
Streets. Ella Kucher, Principal. 

Primary School, Merviiie Street, abv. Jefterson. 
Hester J. Neely, Priricipal 

Primary School (rented), Ninth Street, above 
Montgomery Avenue. Eliz. Knipe, Prin- 
cipal. 

Kindergarten (rented), S. W. cor. Twelfth 
Street and Montgomery Avenue. 

Kindergarten (rented), 1752 N. Twelfth Street. 

Kindergarten (rented), 984 Marshall Street. 

Kindergarten (rented), S. E. cor. Eighth Street 
and Montgomery Avenue. 

TWENTY-FIRST SECTION. 

Manayunk, Green Lane, below Silverwood 
Street. Robt. C. String, Supervising 
Principal. 

Fairview, Manayimk Ave., below Green Lane. 
Emma B. Budd, Supervising Principal. 

Schuylkill, Umbria and Hermitage Streets. 
Catharine C. Conway, Supervising Prin- 
cipal. 

Manatawna, Ridge Avenue and Manatawna 
Street. M. Louisa Harper, Principal. 

Alfred Crease, Wissahickon Avenue, above 
Wfllnut Lane. Mary A Conway, Prin- 
cipal. 

Washington, Shur's Lane, abv. Cresson Street. 
Retta H. Thomson, Supervising Prin- 
cipal . 

Washington Annex, Ridge Avenue and Kalos 
Street. 

Roxborough, Ridge and Parker Avenues. 
Martha Woerner, Principal. 

Andora, Shawmont Avenue, above Ridge 
Avenue. Matilda J. Chambers, Principal . 

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TWENTY-FIRST SECTION— 
Continued. 

Levering, Ridge Avenue and Martin Street. 
Emma V. Thomas, Supervising Principal. 

Kindergarten (rented), cor. Terrace and Her- 
mit Streets. 



TWENTY-SECOND SECTION. 

Germantown, Haines and McCallum Streets. 
Wm. H. Arnhold, Supervising Principal. 

Rittenhouse, Rittenhouse Street. Marie Ro- 
land, Principal. 

C. W. Schaeffer, Germantown and Wyoming 
Avenues. Willis N. Parker, Supervising 
Principal. 

F. D. Pastorius, Woodbine and Sprague Sts. 
Robt. L. Burns, Supervising Principal. 

Andrew G Curtin, Musgrove and Horter Sts. 
Margt. J. Mellinger, Supervising Prin- 
cipal. 

Edwin H. Fitler, Seymour and Knox Streets. 
Wm. H Sowden, Principal. 

Daniel L. Keyser, Morris and Coulter Streets, 
Kate W. Shaffer, Principal. 

Central, Haines Street, East of Germantown 
Avenue. Anna M. Smith, Principal. 

Crescent, Crescentville. Eliz. J. Rook, Prin- 
cipal. 

Felton, Second Street and Fisher's Lane. 
Anna M. Duncan, Principal. 

Central, E. Rittenhouse Street, above Evans. 
May R. Caroland, Supervising Principal. 

Bringhurst, Bringhurst Street. Eliz. J. Hemp- 
hill, Principal. 

Pittville, Haines Street, near Limekiln Pike. 
Eliz. H. Mears, Principal. 

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TWENTY-SECOND SECTION— 

Continued. 
Jos. C. Gilbert, Twenty-ninth Street and 

Highland Avenue, Chestnut Hill. Henry 

C. Payne, Principal. 
Mount Airy, Allen's Lane. Jos. C. Fox, 

Principal. 
Olney, Olney Road, above Second Street. 

Percival S. Woodin, Principal. 
F. D. Pastorius Annex, Twenty-first and 

Mill Streets. 
Franklin Kindergarten, Church Street. 
Olney Annex (rented). Second Street Pike, 

above Olney Road. 
Elwood, Oak Lane, near Old York Road. 

Mary Unger, Principal. 
Morton, Green Lane, Branchtown. Xenia 

Clampitt, Principal. 
Rowland, Rowlandville. Helen L. Macmil- 

lan. Principal. 
Primary (rented), Fisher's Lane, east of 

Broad Street. Hessie J. Bickley, Prin- 
cipal. 
Primary (rented), Green and Carpenter Streets. 

Margt. D. Bockius, Principal. 
Primarjr (rented), Coulter Street, West of 

Wayne. Isabel T. Woodson, Principal. 
Bringhurst Annex (rented), 38 Bringhurst St. 
F. D. Pastorius Annex (rented). Woodbine and 

Beyer Streets. 
Kindergarten (rented), Pulaski Avenue and 

Coulter Street. 
Kindergarten (rented), Morton Street, above 

Haines. 

TWENTY-THIRD SECTION. 

Henry Herbert, Frankford Avenue, below 
Foulkrod Street. Rebecca T. Shallcross, 
Principal. 

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TWENTY-THIRD SECTION— 
Continued. 

Alexander Henry, Paul and Unity Streets. 

Lurana J. Williamson, Supervising Prin- 
cipal. 
Marshall, Sellers and Franklin Streets. Chas. 

A. Singer, Principal. 
White Hall, Tacony Road and Pratt Street. 

John L. Shroy, Supervising Principal. 
Decatur, Orchard Street, below Church. 

Margt. P. Sinnott, Principal. 
Wilmot, Meadow and Mulberry Streets. Wm, 

H. Cooper, Principal. 
James Seddon (rented), Hedge and Brown 

Streets. Isabel M. Otter, Principal. 
Kindergarten (rented), Franklin and Ruan 

Streets. 
White Hall Annex (rented), Tacony Street, 

White Hall. 



TWENTY-FOURTH SECTION. 

Belmont, S. E. cor. Forty-first and Brown 
Streets. Wm. L. Welsh, Supervising 
Principal. 

E. Spencer Miller, N. W. cor. Forty-third and 
Ogden Streets. Sarah Wilson, Supervis- 
ing PrincipaL 

Morton McMichael, N. W. cor. Thirty-fifth 
Street and Fairmount Avenue. Ellen G. 
Abernethy, Supervising Principal. 

Haverford, Haverford Avenue, above Thirty- 
fifth Street, Sue F. Gaskill, Supervising 
Principal. 

Warren, Thirty-eighth Street and Powelton 
Avenue. Laura J. Ashmore, Supervising 
Principal. 



TWENTY-FOURTH SECTION— 
Continued. 

Joseph Leidy, Forty-second and Jefferson 
Streets. Margt. L. Robinson, Supervis- 
ing Principal. 

Astenville, Ford Road, below Monument Road. 
Rosalie M. McCarroll, Principal. 

Mantua, N. E. cor. Thirty-eighth and Mount 
Vernon Streets. Mary E. Lane, Principal. 

Kindergarten (rented), 3516 Haverford Avenue. 

Kindergarten (rented). Fortieth and Warren 
Streets. 



TWENTY-FIFTH SECTION. 

James Martin, Richmond and Ontario Streets. 

Chas. F. Michener, Supervising Principal. 
Sherman, Frankford Ave. and Somerset St. 

Mattie Marsden, Supervising Principal. 
Barton, Frankford Avenue and Buckius Street. 

Sallie E. Todd, Principal. 
George B. McClellan, Edgemont and Neff 

Streets. Annie G. Engell, Supervising 

Principal. 
Carroll, Salmon Street, above Somerset. Ella 

J. Brady, Principal. 
Bridesburg, Richmond and Jenks Streets. T. 

W. Worrell, Supervising Principal. 
H. W. Halliwell, Frankford Avenue, below 

Allegheny Avenue. Louisa K. Sterne, 

Principal. 
John H. Webster, Frankford Avenue and 

Ontario Street. Josephine Hamill, Prin- 
cipal. 
Sherman Annex (rented), Frankford Avenue 

and Hart Lane. 

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TWENTY-FIFTH SECTION— 
Continued. 

Kindergarten (rented), Kensington Avenue 

and Harrowgate Lane. 
John H. Webster Annex (rented), Frankford 

Avenue and Ontario Street. 
Kindergarten (rented), 3431 Frankford Ave. 

TWENTY-SIXTH SECTION. 

Jeremiah Nichols, N. E. cor. Sixteenth and ■ 

Wharton Streets. Hannah MauU, Super- 
vising Principal. 
Geo. W. Childs, N. E. cor. Seventeenth and 

Tasker Streets. Mary J. Lamberton, 

Supervising Principal. 
Matthias Baldwin, Sixteenth and Porter 

Streets Martha H. Dunn, Supervising 

Principal. 
Jackson, S. E. cor. Twelfth and Federal 

Streets. Viola W. Dal try, Supervising 

Principal. 
Jackson Annex, Federal Street, below Twelfth. 
Francis M. Drexel, S. W. cor. Sixteenth and 

Moore Streets. Clarence F. Hampton, 

Supervising Principal. 
Francis M. Drexel Annex (rented), N. E. cor. 

Fifteenth and Porter Streets. 
J. Nichols Annex (rented), Wharton Street, 

below Eighteenth. 
Kindergarten (rented), S. E. cor. Eighteenth 

and Wharton Streets. 

TWENTY-SEVENTH SECTION. 

Newton Combined Boys' Grammar and Pri- 
mary, Chestnut Street, below Thirty-sixth. 
Geo. H. Stout, Supervising Principal. 

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TWENTY-SEVENTH SECTION— 
Continued. 

Newton Combined Girls* Grammar and Pri- 
mary, S. W. cor. Thirty-eighth and Spruce 
Streets. Sarah E. Bradshaw, Supervising 
Principal. 

Newton Girls' Grammar and Primary Annex, 
Ludlow Street, below Thirty-sixth. 

Price, Forty-seventh and Locust Streets. 
Lena P. Wiler, Principal. 

West End, Sixtieth and South Streets. Edwin 
Y. Montanye, Principal. 

Woodland Avenue, Forty-sixth Street and 
Woodland Avenue. Hester C. Conneil, 
Supervising Principal. 

Miller (rented). Forty-second and Ludlow 
Streets. Anna E. Rambo, Principal. 

TWENTY-EIGHTH SECTION. 

Glenwood, cor. Thirtieth and Herman Streets. 
Jacob H. Rohrbach, Supervising Princi- 
pal. 

Belview, N. W. cor. Twenty-sixth and Cum- 
berland Streets. Alice J. Kilpatrick, 
Supervising Principal. 

M. Hall Stanton, N. E. cor. Sixteenth and 
Cumberland Streets. Wm. J. Caskey, 
Supervising Principal. 

Glenwood Annex (rented), 2826 Dauphin St. 

M. Hall Stanton Annex (rented), N. E. cor. 
Eighteenth and Dauphin Streets. 

Kindergarten (rented), Twenty -sixth Street, 
above Cumberland. 

TWENTY-NINTH SECTION. 

George G. Meade, cor. Eighteenth and Oxford 
Streets. Edw. Gideon, Supervising Prin- 
cipal. 

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TWENTY-NINTH SECTION— 
Continued. 

Robert Morris, S. W. cor. Twenty-sixth and 
Thompson Streets. Geo. W. Flounders, 
Supervising; Principal. 

Elisha Kent Kane, S. E. cor. Twenty-sixth 
and Jefferson Streets. Eliz. N. Ander- 
son, Supervising Principal. 

Wm. D. Kelley, S. E. cor. Twenty-eighth 
Street and Columbia Avenue. Chas. S. 
Boyer, Supervising Principal. 

Reynolds, S. W, cor. Twentieth and Jefferson 
Streets. Helen W. Anstice, Supervising 
Principal. 

Edward Gratz, S. E. cor. Twenty-third and 
Jefferson Streets. Sarah J. Overn, Super- 
vising Principal. 

Muhlenberg, S. E. cor. Seventeenth and Master 
Streets. Annie S. Jones, Supervising 
Principal. 

Primary No. i (rented), S. W. cor. Twenty- 
sixth Street and Columbia Avenue. Annie 
E. Ring, Principal. 

Kindergarten (rented), 1926 South College Ave. 

Kindergarten (rented), 2331 Oxford Street. 

THIRTIETH SECTION. 

Edwin M. Stanton, S. E. cor. Seventeenth 
and Christian Streets. J. M. Murray, 
Supervising Principal. 

James Pollock, Fitzwater, St., abv. Fifteenth. 
May Fite, Supervising Principal. 

William S. Pierce, S. W. cor. Twenty-fourth 
and Christian Streets. Mary Wallace, 
Supervising Principal. 

Chester A. Arthur, S. W. cor. Twentieth and 
Catharine Streets. Sara M. Irwin, Super- 
vising Principal. 

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TrilRTY-FIRgT SECTION. 

John S. Hart Boj's' Grammar and Primary, 
York Street, below Memphis. Wm, H^ 
Samuel, Supervising Principal, 

Adams, Adams SSreet, above Aihber. Mary 
M. Gabrylerwitz, Supervising Principal. 

Lucrctia Motty Huntingdon Street, below 
SepriTa. Martha; McAlpine, Supervising 
Principal. 

Henry Armitt Brown, Sergeant and Jaspef 
Streets. Helen Jones, Supervising Prin- 
cipal. 

Witte (rented), H. E- cor. York and Tulip 
Streets. Sarah F. Simpson, Supervising 
Piincipal, 

John S. Hart Girls' Grammar and Primary 
(rented), Trenton Avenue, above Cumbef- 
iand Street. Jennie Mines, Stipervising 
Principal. 

John S. Hart Girls' Grammar and Primary 
Annex (rented), Emerald Street, below 
Front. 

John S. Hart Girls' Gfamm.ar and Primary 
Annex (rented), Dauphin St., Hear Bet- 
grade. 



THIRTY-SECOND SECTION. 

James L. Claghorti, S. W. cor. Seventeenth 

Street and Susquehanna Avenue. Chas. 

H. Brelsford, Supervising Principal. 
Joseph Siiigerly, N. E. cor. Tv/enty-second 

and Befks Streets. Wm. W. Brovim, 

Supervising Principal. 
James G. Blaine, S. W. cor. Thirtieth and 

Norris Streets. Geo. Wheeler, Supetvis- 

3ng Principal, 



^THlkTY-SECONE) SECTION— 
Continued. 

Camac, S. W. cor. Thirteenth Street and Sus* 

quehanna Avenue. Eliz. Caskey, Super" 

vising Principal. 
Thos. H. Powers, S. E. cer. Susquehanna 

Avenue and Woodstock Street. M. Eliz. 

Newhouse, Supervising Principal. 
Joseph Allison, N. W. cor. Fift^nth and 

Norris Streets. Nina C. Boyd, Supetvib- 

ing Principal. 
Kindergarten (rented), 1840 N. Twentieth St. 
iCindergarten (r€nted), 2554 Ridge Avenue. 
Kindergarten (rented), 2137 Pai-k Avenue. 
Kindergarten (rented), N. E. cor. Thirty-first 

and Nofris Streets. 

THIRTY-TMIRD SECTION. 

ITiomas Potter, S. W. cor. Fourth and Clears 

field Streets. Geo. W. Bickel^ Supervising 

Principal. 
Bayard Taylor, Turner Street, above Venango. 

Elmer E. Miclrener, Supervising Principal. 
Boudinotj S. W. cor. Indiana Avenue and D 

Street. Mary E. Buggy, Supervising 

Principal. 
Asa Packer, Broad Street, above German- 
town Avenue. Milton C. Cooper, Supei-- 

vising Principal. 
Fairhili, N. E. cor. Marshall and Somerset 

Streets. Jennie Pittman, Supervising 

Principal. 
Wm. Cramp, S. W. cor. Howard and Tioga 

Streets Emma J. Heardef, Supervising 

Principal. 
Isaac A. Sheppard, Howard and Cambria 

Streets. Carrie J. Richardson, Supe*-vis<> 

ing Principal. 

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THIRTY-THIRD SECTION— 
Continued. 

Edward T. Steel, Sixteenth and Cayuga 

Streets. Susan A. Bockius, Supervising 

Principal. 
Thos. Potter Annex (rented), Cambria Street, 

West of D. 
Bayard Taylor Annex (rented), 508 Venango 

Street. 
Bayard Taylor Annex (rented), Cooperville. 
Hopkinson (rented), Roy Street, Rising Sun. 

Harriet P. Gaile, Principal. 
I. P. Morris (rented), 3520 K Street. Belle W. 

Ewing, Principal. 
Kindergarten (rented), 401 1 German town Ave, 

THIRTY-FOURTH SECTION. 

Norris J. Hoffman, N. E. cor. Fifty-fifth and 
Vine Streets. Jesse H. Michener, Super- 
vising Principal. 

James Rhoads, N. W. cor. Forty-ninth and 
Parrish Streets. Anna B. Miller, Super- 
vising Principal. 

Jesse George, Hamilton Street, above Sixty- 
third. J. F. Byler, Supervising Fnncipal. 

Martha Washington, N. W. cor. Forty- fourth 
and Aspen Streets. Chas. A. Coulomb, 
Supervising Principal. 

Heston, N E. cor. Fifty-fourth Street and 
Lansdowne Avenue. Eugene A. Heilman, 
Supervising Principal. 

Kindergarten, Peach Street, above Lansdowne 
Avenue. 

Hoffman Annex (rented). Vine Street, below 
Fifty-fifth. 

Hoffman Annex (rented). Pearl Street, below 
Fifty-fifth. 

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THIRTY-FOURTH SECTION— 
Continued. 

Kindergarten (rented). Forty-fifth Street and 

Westminster Avenue. 
Jesse George Annex (rented), Sixty-third 

Street, below Hamilton. 
Heston Annex (rented), Lancaster Avenue, 

above Fifty-fifth Street. 
Robert Purves (rented). Old Lancaster Road 

and Berks Street. Alice M. PoUitt, Prin- 
cipal. 
Kindergarten (rented), cor. Fiftieth and Parrish 

Streets. 
Kindergarten (rented), S. E. cor. Fifty-second 

and Master Streets. 



THIRTY-FIFTH SECTION. 

Jos. H. Brown, Frankford Avenue, Holmes- 
burg. Robt. G. Swift, Principal. 

Fayette, Bustleton. 

Wheat Sheaf, Bustleton Turnpike and Town- 
ship Line. Albert W. Dudley, Principal. 

Washington, Lawndale. Saml. Parry, Prin- 
cipal. 

Fox Chase. Chas. Buckley, Principal. 

Benjamin Rush, Cresson's Corner (Byberry). 
Henry S. Longaker, Principal. 

Watson Comly, Somerton. Wilbur J. Brown, 
Principal. 

Tillyer, above Bustleton. Mary Thomley, 
Principal. 

Maple Grove, Academy Road (Byberry). 
Lewis C. Starkey, Principal. 

Godfrey, Comly and Byberry Roads. Chas. M. 
Moore, Principal. 

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THIRTY-FIFTH SECTIOI^- 
Continued. 

Mechanicsville, Byberry. Stephen W. Bar- 
tine^ Principal. 

Holme (rented), CollegeviMe. Llewellyn Lawa^ 
Principal. 

Washington Annex (reated)^ Lawndale^ 



THIRTY- SIXTH SECTION. 

James Logan,. N. W. cor. Nineteenth and Reed 
Streets. Watson Cornell, Supervising 
Principal. 

Landreth, S. E. cor. Twenty-third and Federal 
Streets. Lillie Wallace, Supervising Prin- 
cipal. 

Delaplaine McDaniel, S. W. cor. Twenty-firs4 
and Moore Streets. Mary McConnell,. 
Supervising Principal. 

James Alcorn, cor. Thirty -fourth and Wharton 
Streets. Ella S. Sraden, Supervising 
Principal. 

Gustavus A. Benson, S. E. cor. Twenty- 
seve&th and Wharton Streets. Wm. L. 
Balentine,. Supervising Principal. 

Foint Breeze, Twenty-seventh Street and 
PassyiHik Avenue. Sue A. Lowery, Prin- 
cipal . 

Girard, Passyunk Avenue, above Eighteenth 
Street. Jessie S.. Bagg, Principal. 

Girard Annex (rented), N. W. cor. Nineteenth 
and Jackson Streets. 

Franklin, Rope Ferry Road. Lottie K. Sid- 
dons,, Principal. 

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THIRTY-SEVENTH SECTION. 

Cambria, Thirteenth Street, below Cambria, 
David H. Stout, Supervising Principal. 

Oakdale, N. E. cor. Eleventh and Huntingdon. 
Streets. Kate E. Stevens, Principal. 

kindergarten (rented), 2419 N. Tenth Street. 

Kindergarten (rented), 3462 Germantown Ave, 

Kindergarten (rented), N. W., cor. Eleventh 
and Silver Streets, 



THIRTY-EIGHTH SECTION. 

Forest, Falls of Schuylkiii. Oliver P. Ely, 

Supervising Principal. 
Renderton, Fifteenth and Ontario Streets. 

Saml. L. Chew, Supervising Principal 
Geo. H. Boker, S. E. cor. Twenty-second and 

Ontario Streets. Ella M. Lukens, Super- 

visingf Principal. 



THIRTY-NINTH SECTION. 

John H. Taggart, S. E. cor. Fifth and Portef 
Streets. John Chri.itopker, Supervising 
Principal. 

Levin Handy Smith, S. W. cor. Fifth Street 
and Snyder Avenue. Mary G. Brown^ 
Supervising Principal. 

William Welsh, S. E. cor. Thirteenth and 
Jackson Stref=ts. Mary E. Elsea, Super- 
vising Principal. 

Calhoun, N, W. cor. Tenth Street and Snyder 
Avenue. Lydia McStocker, Supervisinj' 
Principal, 

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THIRTY-NINTH SECTION— 
Continued. 

David Foy, N. W. cor. Eighth and Wolf 

Streets. Nellie C. Graham, Supervising 

Principal . 
A, S. Jenks, S. E. cor. Thirteenth and Porter 

Streets. Martha L. Stewart, Supervising 

Principal. 



FORTIETH SECTION. 

Paschalville, Woodland Avenue, above Seven- 
tieth Street. Cornelia W. Elmcs, Super- 
vising Principal. 

Greenway, Fifty-second Street and Woodland 
Avenue. Emilia J. Riley, Principal. 

Bartram, Greenway Avenue and Sixty-second 
Street. Caroline E. Wilson, Principal. 

Jno. K. Lee, Fifty-third Street and Baltimore 
Avenue. Martha G. Campbell, Principal. 

Boon's Dam, Island Road and Tinicum 
Avenue. Martha McFarland, Principal. 

Elmwood (rented). Eighty-fourth Street and 
Holstein Avenue. Mary G. Connell, 
Principal. 

Clearview (rented). Seventy-eighth Street and 
Avenue D. Lidie U. Smith, Principal. 

Greenway Annex, No. i (rented), Fifty-second 
Street and Woodland Avenue. 

Greenway Annex, No. 2 (rented), Fifty-second 
Street and Woodland Avenue. 

Boons Dam Annex (rented), Tinicum Avenue 
and Island Road. 

Kindergarten (rented). Sixty-third Street and 
Woodland Avenue. 

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FORTY-FIRST SECTION. 

Henry Disston, Longshore and Ditman 
Streets, Tacony. Wm. J. Moran, Super- 
vising Principal. 

Wissinoming (rented), Jackson and Vankirk 
Streets. Abel J. Evans, Principal. 

Disston Annex (rented), Tacony. 



SPECIAL SCHOOLS. 

(Compulsory Education.) 

Instruction in Common English Branches and 

in Elementary Manual Training. 

No. I (two divisions), Twenty-second and 
Locust Streets. Maude Sproule, Prin- 
cipal. 

No. 2 (rented), (two divisions), 2029 N. 
Twenty-ninth Street. A. Lincoln Spen- 
cer, Principal. 



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OKKICKRS 

OF 

SECTIONAL BOARDS 

JA^UAM.Y I, x^OO. 



FIRST SECTION. 

President, Wm. S. Molineaux, 429 Moore 
Street. 

Secretary , Edwin J. Lawsoii, 1319 S. 
Fourth Street. 

Stated meetings held in School -house, 
Seventh and Dickinson Streets, fourth Thurs- 
day in each month. 

SECOND SECTION. 

President, George B. Blizard, 1132 S, Front 
Street. 

Secretary, Geo. N. Lowery, 1223 Ellsworth 
Street. 

Stated meetings held in School-house, Fifth 
Street, South of Washington Avenue, 011 
second Wednesday in each month. 

THIRD SECTION. 

President, Henry J. Trainer, 8co S. Froni 
Street. 

Secretary, Harry T. Kingston, 808 S. Fourth 
Street. 

Stated meetings held in School-house, Cath- 
arine Street, ab. Third, on the last Tuesday in 
each month. 

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FOURTH SECTION. 

President, W, J. Manning, 731 S. Tenth 
Street. 

Secretary, John F. Snyder, 723 S. Marvme 
Street. 

Stated meetings held in School-house, Fifth 
Street, ab. Fitzwater, on last Tuesday in each 
month. 

FIFTH SECTION. 

President, William H. Wells, M. D., 333 
Pine Street. ; 

Secretary, Charles Ebert, 519 S. Fifth 
Street. 

Stated meetings held in School-house, Spruce 
Street, bel. Sixth, on second Monday in each 
month. 



SIXTH SECTION. 

President, C. A. Widmayer, 238 Race Street. 

Secretary, Frank P. Sheeran, 240 North 
Lawrence Street. 

Stated meetings held in School-house, Race 
and Lawrence Streets, on third Friday in each 
month. 

SEVENTH SECTION. 

President, Thomas Durham, 2123 Pine St. 

Secretary, S. K. Shedaker, Thirteenth St., 
above Pine. 

Stated meetings held in School-house, cpr. 
Seventeenth and Pine Streets, on the third 
Friday of each month. 

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EIGHTH SECTION. 

President, Hood Gilpin, iii S. Broad Street. 

Secretary, Abraham L. Cairns, 921 Spruce 
Street. 

Stated meetings held in School-house, 
'I'welfth and Locust Streets, on last Tuesday 
in each month. 



NINTH SECTION. 

President, William W. Longstreth, 2013 
Chestnut Street. 

Secretary, Jas. Freeborn, 1839 Filbert Street. 

Stated meetings held in School-house, cor. 
Nineteenth and Ludlow Streets, on fourth 
Thursday in each month. 



TENTH SECTION. 

President, Wm. H. Bricker^ M. D., 227 N. 
Twenty-second Street. 

Secretary, Chas. A. Page, 210 N. Seven- 
teenth Street. 

Stated meetings held in School-house, Race 
Street, bel. Fifteenth, on last Friday in each 
month. 



ELEVENTH SECTION. 

President, Jno. R. Marlin, 232 Poplar Street. 

Secretary, Otto Simonis, 818 New Market 
Street. 

Stated meetings held at the Beideman School, 
American Street, bel. Buttonwood, on third 
Tuesday in each month. 

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TWELFTH SECTION. 

President, Emil Jungmann, S. W. cor. 
Fourth and Noble Streets. 

Secretary, Oscar E. Rother, 621 N. Ran- 
dolph Street. 

Stated meetings held in School-house, Ori- 
anna and Callowhill Streets, on last Friday in 
each month. 

THIRTEENTH SECTION. 

President, Max Brueckmann, 867 N. 
Seventh Street. 

Secretary, Henry J. Stager, 837 N. Seventh 
Street. 

Stated meetings held in School-house, Sixth 
Street and Fairmount Avenue, on last Thurs- 
day in each month. 

FOURTEENTH SECTION. 

President, Edward Nichols, 11 19 Parrish 
Street. 

Secretary, George W. Weaver, 1121 Green 
Street. 

Stated meetings held in School-house, Fair- 
mount Avenue, ab. Twelfth Street, on last 
Friday in each month. 

FIFTEENTH SECTION. 

President, Wm. H. Carson, 1923 Parrish 
Street. 

Secretary, John F. Harper, 1929 Wallace 
Street. 

Stated meetings held in School-house, 
Twentieth Street and Fairmount Avenue, on 
third Thursday in each month. 

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Sixteenth section. 

President, Lewis Obermiller, 911 N. Fifth 
Street. 

Secretary, Chas. G. Hays, 927 American 
Street. 

Stated meetings held in School-house, Fifth 
Street, ab. Poplar, on the first Monday in 
each month. 



SEVENTEENTH SECTION. 

President, William Moffet, M. D., 1322 
Germantown Avenue. 

Secretary, Robt. Gfaham, 1345 N. Front 
Street. 

Stated meetings held in School-house, Second 
and Oxford Streets, on the fourth Thursday in 
each month. 

EIGHTEENTH SECTION. 

President, J. Baker Tutile, 1226 E. Susque- 
hanna Avenue. 

Secretary, Robert M. Paist, 328 Richmond 
Street. 

Stated meetings held in School-house, 
Palmer Street, above Thompson, on last Wed=- 
nesday in each month. 



NINETEENTH SECTION. 

President, Wm. H. Walter, 1700 N. Second 
Street. 

Sec->-eiary, Wm. Peacock, M. D., 2217 N^ 
Sixth Street. 

Stated meetings held in School-house, 
Seventh Street, above York, on third Wednts- 
day in each month. 

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TWENTIETH SECTION. 

President^ Wm. C. Haines, 1231 Frankliii 
Street. 

Secretary, M. Webster Myers, 1729 Marshall 
Street. 

Stated meetings held in School-house^ 
Twelfth Street, ab. Columbia Avenue, on last 
Tuesday in each month. 

TWENTY-FIRST SECTION. 

President, C. A. Frame, M. D,, 4337 Dex' 
ier Street, Roxborough, 

Secretary^ Levi C. Hart, 8305 Ridge 
Avenue. 

Stated meetings held in Fairview School-' 
house, on fourth Friday in each month. 

TWENTY-SECOND SECTION. 

President, Wm. D. Kinsler, School Lane 
and Green Street. 

Secretary^ Oscar N. Middleton, 14.3 Pomona 
Terrace, Gefmantown. 

Stated meetings held in School-house,Adam9 
and Lafayette Streets, Germantown, on third 
Tuesday in each month. 



TWENTY-THIRD SECTION. 

President, Franklin Smedley, Church and 
Tacony Streets, Frankford. 

Secretary, Mathias Coats, 4748 Penn Street, 
Frankford. 

Stated meetings held in School-house, 
Frankford Avenue and Foulkrod Street, 
Fiankford, on fourth Monday in each month, 

45 



TWENTY-FOURTH SECTION. 

President, William L, Smurthwaite, 88 1 
Preston Street. 

Secretary, W, A. Looney, 1103 N. Forty- 
second Street. 

Stated meetings held in School-house 
Haverford Street, ab. Thirty-fifth, on first 
Monday in each month. 

TWENTY-FIFTH SECTION. 

President, S. N. Olwine, 3066 Frankford 
Avenue. 

Secretary, Albert Webster, 3743 Frankford 
Avenue. 

Stated meetings held in School-house, 
Frankford and Allegheny Avenues, on second 
Wednesday in each month. 

TWENTY-SIXTH SECTION. 

President, A. F. StuU, Sr , 1520 S. Fifteenth 
Street. 

Secretary, Henry B. Widener, 1828 S. Broad 
Street. 

Stated meetings held in School-house, Six- 
teenth and Wharton Streets, on fourth Tues- 
day in each month. 

TWENTY-SEVENTH SECTION. 

President, George P. Bland, 3220 Woodland 
Avenue. 

Secretary, George J. Van Houten, 3255 
Woodland Avenue. 

Stated meetings held in School-house, 
Thirty-sixth and Chestnut Streets, on second 
Monday in each month. 

46 



TWENTY-EIGHTH SECTION. 

President, Lewis A. Hubbs, N. E. cor. 
Thirty-fourth and Cumberland Streets. 

Secretary, D. P. McGonigal, 2343 North 
Twenty-ninth Street, 

Stated meetings held in School-house, 
Sixteenth and Cumberland Streets, on last 
Tuesday in each month. 

TWENTY-NINTH SECTION. 

President, D. Hanley Stone, 3128 Columbia 

Avenue. 

Secretary, Walter W. Roach, M. D., 2905 
Columbia Avenue. 

Stated meetings held in School-house, 
Eighteenth and Oxford Streets, on first Mon- 
day in each month. 

THIRTIETH SECTION. 

President, "^o^. W. Catharine, 1538 Christian 
Street. 

Secretary, Joseph E. Young, 2341 Montrose 
Street. 

Stated meetings held in School-house, 
Seventeenth and Christian Streets, on fourth 
Thursday in each month. 

THIRTY-FIRST SECTION. 

President, Henry Fisher, M. D., 2608 E. 
Norris Street. 

Secretary, Albert Pearce, 2346 E. Susque- 
hanna Avenue. 

Stated meetings held in School-house, York 
and Memphis Streets, on first Thursday in 
each month. 

47 



THIRTY-SECOND SECTION. 

President, 

Secretary, Chas. G. Saul, 1803 Van Pelt 
Street. 

Stated meetings held in School-house, Sus- 
quehanna Avenue and Woodstock Street, on 
last Tuesday in each month. 



THIRTY-THIRD SECTION. 

President, Robt. Rodgers, M. D., 2903 N. 
Fifth Street. 

Secretary, Thos. Noon, 4021 Germantown 
Avenue. 

Stated meetings held in the School-house, 
Fourth and Clearfield Streets, on the second 
Thursday in each month. 



THIRTY-FOURTH SECTION. 

President, Jonas Suplee, 1428 North Fifty- 
third Street. 

Secretary^ TO.. F. Maguire, 5848 Lansdowne 
Avenue. 

Stated meetings held in the School-house, 
Fifty-second and Master Streets, on the fourth 
Monday in each month. 



THIRTY-FIFTH SECTION. 

President, Isaac W. Tomlinson, Bustleton. 
Secretary, Wm. E. Ervin, Somerton. 
Stated meetings held in the School-house at 
Bustleton, on the last Monday in each month. 



THIRTY-SIXTH SECTION. 

President, Joseph Russell, 1813 Latona 
Street. 

Secretary, Geo. Haig, Twenty-first and 
Wharton Streets. 

Stated meetings held in the Landreth School- 
house, Twenty- third and Federal Streets, on 
the fourth Tuesday of each month. 

THIRTY-SEVENTH SECTION. 

President, William D. Spencer, 2200 N, 
Seventh Street. 

Secretary, Chas. H. Vanfleet, 2738 N. 
Eleventh Street. 

Stated meetings held in Cambria School- 
house, Thirteenth and Cambria Streets, on 
the first Wednesday of each month. 

THIRTY-EIGHTH SECTION. 

President, Chas. L. Dykes, 4208 Ridge 
Avenue. 

Secretary, A. De Prefontaine, 2243 Hunt- 
ing Park Avenue. 

Stated meetings held in the Geo. H. Boker 
School-house, Twenty-second and Ontario 
Streets, on the last Tuesday of each month. 

THIRTY-NINTH SECTION. 

President, J. Frank Peterson, N. W. cor. 
Fifth and Porter Streets. 

Secretary, Edwin Meredith, 1226 Snyder 
Avenue. 

Stated meetings held in the School-house, 
Thirteenth and Jackson Streets, on the fourth 
Wednesday of each month. 

49 



FORTIETH SECTION. 

President, John D. Powers, 6830 Pasehal 
Avenue. 

Secretary, George C. Rickards, 1236 S. 
Markoe Street. 

Stated meetings held in the Paschalville 
School-house, Woodland Avenue, above 
Seventieth Street, on the second Monday of 
each month. 

FORTY-FIRST SECTION. 

President , Z. T. Kirk Holmesburg. 

Secretary, William C. Kuemmerle, Wissi- 
noming. 

Stated meetings held in the Henry Disston 
School-house on the last Friday in each month. 



ASSIGNMENT OF SECTIONS TO 
ASSISTANT SUPERIN- 
TENDENTS. 

DR. SINGER— Sections 6, 14, 18, 23, 25, 

33, 35, 41- 

MR. KALN" — Sections 1, 4, 10, 26, 29, 36. 
DR. JACOBS — ^Sections 7, 11, 20, 24, 28, 

34, 37. 

DR. GARB ER— Sections 5, 8, 9, 12, 16, 17, 
22, 38, 39. 

MISS KIRBY — Sections 15, 21, 30, 31, 32. 

MISS WRIGHT -Sections 2, 3, 13, 19, 27, 40. 

50 



STATISTICS 

SHOWING THE 

Progress of the Philadelphia Public 
School System from its organiza- 
tion (1818) to the present time. 



1818. 

Number of Schools 6 

Number of Teachers 10 

Number of Pupils 2,845 

Valuation of Real Estate and 

Furniture ^18,809 00 

Amount of School Expenses , 23,049 00 

Cost per Pupil 3 57 

1838. 

Number of Schools 167 

Number of Teachers 357 

Number of Pupils 18,794 

Valuation of Real Estate and 

Furniture ^396,764 00 

Amount of School Expenses ,. 188,741 00 

Cost per Pupil 4 75 

1867. 

Number of Schools 382 

Number of Teachers "^,3^7 

Number of Pupils 77>i64 

Valuation of Real Estate and 

Furniture 5^2,355, 322 00 

Amount of School Expenses . 1,092,970 00 

Cost per Pupil 15 16 

51 



1893. 

Number of Schools 428 

Number of School Buildings , 287 

Number of Teachers 2,988 

Number of Pupils 125,180 

Valuation of Real Estate and 

Furniture ^10,166,695 00 

Amount of School Expenses . 3,461,183 05 

*Cost per Pupil 23 61 

State Appropriation (amount 

received) 950,924 10 



Number of Schools 433 

Number of School Buildings . 325 

Number of Teachers 3,47i 

Number of Pupils 145,302 

Amount of School Expenses . ^,778,058 84 

*Cost per Pupil 23 21 

State Appropriation (estimated) 854,204 57 



fNumber of Schools 428 

JNumber of School Buildings . 322 

Number of Teachers 3,512 

Number of Pupils ^^7-395 

Amount of School Expenses . ^4,092,855 57 

*Cost per Pupil 27 26 

State Appropriation . . . . » 854,204 57 

*Cost per pupil (day schools) based, upon 
annual expenses, excluding permanent im- 
provements. 

f Decrease in number of schools caused by 
combining schools in same building under one 
Principal. 

X Decrease in number of rented buildings. 

52 



NUMBER OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 
TEACHERS, PUPILS, ETC. 



NUMBER OF SCHOOLS, 
January i, igoo. 

Central High School i 

Phila. Normal School (including School 

of Observation and Practice) ... i 

High School for Girls i 

Manual Training Schools 2 

Elementary Manual Training School . i 

Industrial Art School i 

Special Schools (Compulsory Educa- 
tion) 2 

Cooking Schools 10 

Grammar Schools 20 

Combined Grammar and Primary 

Schools 55 

Consolidated Schools 31 

Primary Schools 161 

Kindergartens 142 

428 

Night Schools 95 

Total , . 523 

Number of Schools under Supervising 

Pri)icipals 135 

53 



NUMBER OF TEACHERS ON ROLL 
January i, 1900. 

Central High School 47 

Phila. Normal School (including School 

of Observation and Practice) ... 54 

High School for Girls 85 

Central Manual Training School ... 18 

Northeast Manual Training School . . li 
Elementary Manual Training School 

Industrial Art School ^ ""^ 

Cooking Schools 10 

Sewing Teachers 53 

Grammar, Primary and Consolidated 

Schools, and Kindergartens . . . 3,199 

Total (male), 200; (female), 3,312 ; 3,512 

Amount expended for salaries 

of Teachers $2,439,323 21 

Average of salaries paid in Higher 

Schools ^i>36s 8s 

Average of salaries paid in Gram- 
mar, Primary, Consolidated 
Schools and Kindergartens . . 649 07 



Niunber of qualified substituti^s .... 



845 



NUMBER OF PUPILS BELONGING 
IN THE SEVERAL SCHOOL SEC- 
TIONS, JANUARY 1, 1900. 



Central High School . 

Phila. Normal School 

School of Observation 
and Practice .... 

High School for Girls, 

Central Manual Train- 
ing School 

N. E. Manual Train- 
ing School 

Jas. Forten Element- 
ary Manual Train- 
ing School .... 

Special Schools (Com- 



Boys. 


Girls. 


Total. 


1,23s 


*S39 


1,23s 
539 


173 


418 
2,176 


2,176 


400 




400 


357 


. . 


357 



268 



316 



584 



pulsory E 


ducation) 


, 147 


, . 


147 


First 


Section 


2,001 


1,818 


2,119 


Second 




2,18s 


2,034 


4,219 


Thurd 




1,806 


1,748 


3,554 


Fourth 




1,547 


1,607 


3,154 


Fifth 




1,093 


1,030 


2,123 


Sixth 




680 


635 


1,315 


Seventh 




1,002 


1,191 


2,193 


Eighth 




403 


417 


820 


Ninth 




272 


258 


530 


Tenth 




769 


723 


1,492 


Eleventh 




930 


910 


1,840 


Twelfth 




783 


754 


1,537 


Thirteenth 




751 


867 


1,618 


Fourteenth 




970 


1,080 


2,050 


Fifteenth 




1,795 


1.737 


3,532 


Sixteenth 




1,040 


1,046 


2,086 


Seventeenth 




1,005 


1,035 


2,040 


Eighteenth 




1,914 


1,868 


3,782 



55 



Boys. Girls. Total. 

Nineteenth Section . 3,079 3,083 6,162 

Twentieth " . 2,209 2,212 4,421 

Twenty-first " . 2,011 1,901 3,912 

Twenty-second " . 3,526 3,619 7,145 

Twenty-third " . 1,643 1,541 3,184 

Twenty-fourth " . 2,388 2,598 4,986 

Twenty-fifth " . 2,955 2,786 5,741 

Twenty-sixth " . 2,400 2,720 5,120 

Twenty-seventh " . 1,736 1,692 3,428 

Twenty-eighth " . 2,166 2,246 4,412 

Twenty-ninth " . 2,867 3,091 5,95^ 

Thirtieth " . 1,287 1,325 2,612 

Thirty-first " . 2,067 2,006 4,073 

Thirty-second " . 2,838 2,989 5,827 

Thirty-third " . 3,970 3,767 7,737 

Thirty-fourth " . 2,459 2,414 4,873 

Thirty-fifth ** . 1,130 1,191 2,321 

Thirty-sixth " . 2,819 2,786 5,605 

Thirty-seventh " . 1,246 1,225 2,471 

Thirty-eighth " . 1,526 1,521 3,047 

Thirty-ninth " . 2,159 2,504 4,663 

Fortieth " . 999 965 1,964 

Total 73,006 74,389 147,395 



56 



NUMBER OF 


PUPILS BELONGING 


IN 


THE 


VARIOUS GRADES OF 


PUBLIC 


SCHOOLS, JANUARY i, 


igoc 


. 


Av. 
Boys. Girls. Total, Age 


Kindergartens 


• . • 3,537 3,785 7,322 5 


First 


Grade 




. 17,971 16,340 34,311 7 


Second 






• 13,997 13,347 27,344 8 


Third 






• 11,445 11,672 23,117 9 


Fourth 






. 8,577 - 9^017. ?7,594 1° 


Fifth 






. 6,643 7,201 13,844 II 


Sixth 
Seventh 






. 4; 146 4,919 9,065 12 
. 2,689 3,189 5,878 13 


Eighth 






. 1,862 2,204 4,066 14 



Central High School 1,23s 

Phila. Nor. School , . 

High School for Girls, . . 

Cen. Manual Train- 
ing School .... 

N. E. Manual Train- 
ing School .... 

Special Schools 
(Com. Education), 



539 
2,176 



400 



357 



147 



1,235 

539 
2,176 

400 

357 

147 



Total 73,006 74,389 147,395 



57 



AVERAGE NUMBER 
BELONGING. 

Schools. Boys. GirlsK Total. 

High, Normal and K^ 

Manual Training 

Grammar .... 

Primary (third and 

fourth grades) 

Primary (first and 

second grades) . 

Kindergartens . . 
Special Schools . . 

Total ...,,. 71,249 71,951 143,200 



1.930 


2,765 


4J695 


14,776 


16,379 


31,155 


19,778 


20,141 


39,94s 


31,260 


29,119 


60,379 


3,368 


3.547 


6,915 


137 




137 



AVERAGE ATTENDANCE. 

School. Boys. Girls. Totals. 
High, Normal and 

Manual Training . 1,842 2,584 4,426 

Grammar 13,628 15,043 28,671 

Prima'-y (third and "\ 

fourth grades) . . 17,517 17,647 I g^^^^^ 

Primary (first and j 

second grades) . . 27,288 25,071 •' 

Kindergarten .... 2,687 2,746 5,433 

Special Schools ... 94 . . . 94 

Total 63,056 63,091 126,147 

58 



NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE 
OF PUPILS 

Belonging to the Several Departments of 
Public Schools, etc., January i, 1900. 

Kindergartens . . . 7,322 or .050 per cent. 
Primary Grades . . 102,366 or .693 " 
Grammar Grades . . 32,853 or .223 *' 
High, Normal and 

Manual Training 

Schools 4,707 or .032 " 

Special Schools (Com- 

pulsoryEducation), 147 

Total 147,39s 

Percentage of Attendance on Average 
Number Belonging. 

High, Normal and Manual Training 
Schools 94 

Grammar 92 

Primary, Third and Fourth Grades ... .88 
Primary, First and Second Grades ... .87 
Kindergartens 78 



SCHOOL PROPERTY. 

Number of School-buildings owned by 
the City S37 

Number of Buildings rented for School 
purposes 85 

59 



COST PER PUPIL FOR FURNISHING 
BOOKS, STATIONERY, ETC. 



Boys' Grammar . . , 

Girls' Grammar . , 

Boys' Third and Fourth Grades 
Girls' Third and Fourth Grades . 
Boys' First and Second Grades 
Girls' First and Second Grades . 
Kindergarten 



^i 75 
I 70 

73 
73 
S3 
43 
30 



NIGHT SCHOOLS. 
Number Enrolled January i, 1900. 

Elementary Schools 59 

Sewing Schools 21 

Cooking Schools 8 

Graded Schools 6 

High School I 

Number of pupils enrolled at beginning 

of term i3,455 

Number enrolled in Regular Schools . 16,588 

Number enrolled in Sewing Schools . . 5,742 

Number enrolled in Cooking Schools . 382 

Number enrolled in Graded Schools . 1,279 
Total number of pupils enrolled at 

close of year 23,991^ 

Number of Teachers employed . . . 725 
60 



NUMBER OF PUPILS IN- 
STRUCTED, Etc. 

Average number of half days Gram- 
mar and Primary Schools were in 

session . 355 

Average number of days Kindergar- 
tens were in session (half days only). 190 
Average number of days High, Nor- 
mal and Manual Training Schools 

were in session 184 

Number of double classes 60 

Number of pupils in double classes . 2,601 
Number of pupils on half time . . . 6,249 
Number of classes on half time ... 114 
Number of colored pupils instructed 
during the year {maks-, 3,115 ; fe- 
males, 3,535) 6,65 

Total number of different pupils in- 
structed during the year (boys, 91,- 

574; girls, 90,877) 182,451 

Total number of different pupils in- 
structed during the year exclusive 
of Kindergartens (boys, 84,226; 

girls, 83,371) 167,597 

Total number of different pupils in- 
structed in Kindergartens during 
the year (boys, 7,348; girls, 7,506) 14,854 



61 



COMPULSORY EDUCATION. 

From reports of attendance officers from Octo- 
ber I to December 31, 1899. 



Number visits made to schools . . . 

Number visits made to homes . , . 

Number of visits to employers . . . 

Number of non-attendants discovered 

Number non-attendants sent to school 

Number children found illegally em 
ployed 

Number children illegally employed 
sent to school 

Number truants found and reported 

Number truants returned to school . 

Number children mentally or physl 

cally unable to attend school . . 
Number of children kept at home for 

urgent reasons ..»..»... 



2,172 

16,725 

233 

3,339 

1,233 

366 

148 
523 
373 

390 

499 



Enumeration of all children between the 
ages of six years and twenty-one years, 
provided by the law, as made by attendance 
officers in June, 1899 : — 

Number of children between six and 
eight years of age 46,790 

Number of children between eight and 
sixteen years of age 154,802 

Number of children between six and 
twenty-one years of age 267,412 

Number of children between sixteen 
and twenty-one years of age , » . , 65,820 

63 



COMPULSORY EDUCATION— 
Continued. 

Number of children between eight and 
sixteen years of • age not attend- 
ing school 9>997 

Number of childrein between thirteen 
and sixteen years of age employed . 19,712 

Number of mentally defective children 
attending school ij027 

Number of children two years in the 
same grade •.....,. 637 

Number of children three years in the 
same grade 144 



NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS. 

University of Pennsylvania 90 

Bryn Mawr 21 

Medico-Chirurgical College 4 

Jefferson Medical, Trustees 2 

Jefferson Medical, Francis Shain .... 2 

Lafayette College i 

Lehigh University 14 

Pennsylvania Museum and School of In- 
dustrial Art 51 

Academy of Fine Arts 45 

School of Design for Women 40 

Simon Muhr Scholarships 4 

Haverford College i 

Total 275 

.63. 



PRINCIPAL ITEM^OFAPPROPRIA- 

.. jTIONS tOR igooj ,, ,. . , ^ 

Salaries of, Teacfeers ....... ^2,490,185 00 

Rental of School-buildings . . 51,91300 

Salaries' of Janitora^ ; ' /' .''.--.•; 232,000 00 
IncidtentaV Expenses of Sectional 

Boards. .- 9,qop 00 

General- Repairs ; -. >. . .'i''' 130,000 00 

Furnaces ajid Stoves, of ,Secr .va-; v: 

•■• tiona.1, Boards .. . , ,. .. i, ,. ip,P.QP 00 

Furnishing New SehooHaonsftsJ^ 40,000 00 

Completionof New Boys' High *;; ,,:.; 

School and Annex .... 137,689 50 

Equipment and Special Supplies, 

.New Eoy>' lii^J^ Sphgpl ,. 10,000 00 
Ground Rents and Extinguish- 

Tv ments 7S>Ppo po 

Fuel ....-..,,. V. . .■ ^Q5,oop 00 

Books, -Statjopery,, etc. . «. « . 150,000 00 

Salaries of Officers, Sec* Dept., 16. ^oq 00 

" ft Axcb. '^ .9,600 00 

V "...." Supt. " 28,500 QQ 

Night Schools 50,000 oa 

Compulsory Education .... i5,Qoo oq 

Instruction in Music ..... 10,000 00 

Teachers' Pension Fund . . . 10,000 00 

School Properties taken by , , . 

» Condemnation '..,., "..jc*;v^i;,-.' 100,000 00 

Purchase of Lots and Erection t . , . . -- 

_,, of New Buildings .... 475,34000 

Academy of Fine Arts .... ,5,000 00 

Scholarships ......... 12,500 00 

64 



APPORTIONMENT OF APPROi?RIA- 
tlONS FOR INCIDENTALS. 



Gentral High School $8io 80 

Central Manual Training School . . 405 40 

Northeast , **..»" . ^j 405 40 
Jame-s Fortea Elementary Manual 

7? Training School.. , 324 52 

First. Section , 162 16 

^oond " 162 16 

W^irA V , . 162 16 

pourth ff ....... 162 16 

Fifth. '.; ....... 162 16 

Sixtk " 162 16 

Seventh 'f 162 16 

fiighth f^ 162 16 

Ninth '/ 162 16 

^enth '.f 162 16 

Eleventh if 162 16 

Twelfth " , 162 16 

Thirteenth " 162 16 

Fourteenth " ....... 202 70 

Fifteenth " 202 70 

Sixteenth " 162 16 

Seventeenth " 162 16 

Eighteenth " 202 70 

Nineteenth " 202 "/o 

Twentieth " 202 70 

Twenty-first " , 202 70 

6S 



Twenty-second Section ^202 70 

Twenty-third 

Twenty-fourth 

Twenty-fifth 

Twenty-sixth 

Twenty-seventh 

Twenty-eighth 

Twenty-ninth 

Thirtieth 

Thirty-first 

Thirty-second 

Thirty-third 

Thirty-fourth 

Thirty-fifth 

Thirty-sixth 

Thirty-seventh 

Thirty-eighth 

Thirty-ninth 

Fortieth 

Forty-first 



162 


16 


302 


70 


162 


16 


162 


16 


162 


16 


162 


17 


202 


70 


162 




162 




162 




202 




162 




162 




162 




162 




162 




162 




162 




162 





66 



APPORTIONMENT OF APPROPRIA- 
TIONS FOR FURNACES 
AND STOVES. 

Central High School . ^260 00 

Phila. Normal School for Girls . . 780 00 

High School for Girls 520 00 

Central Manual Training School . . 208 00 

Northeast " " . • 208 00 
James Forten Elementary Manual 

Training School 156 00 

First Section 260 00 

Second " 195 00 

Third " 221 00 

Fourth " 143 00 

Fifth " 104 00 

Sixth " ....... 117 00 

Seventh **....... 208 00 

Eighth " ....... 195 00 

Ninth " ....... 117 00 

Tenth " ....... 182 00 

Eleventh . " • 208 00 

Twelfth " 208 00 

Thirteenth " 195 00 

Fourteenth " 260 00 

Fiiteenth " 234 00 

Sixteenth " 19S 00 

Seventeenth " 143 00 

Eighteenth " 260 00 

67 



Nineteenth 

T^nfiyttf* 

Twenty-^st 

Twenty-second 

Twenty-third 

Twenty-fourth 

Twenty-fifth 

Twenty-sixth 

Twenty-seventh 

Twenty-eighth 

Twenty-ninth' 

Thirtieth 

Thirty-first 

Thirty-second 

Thirty-third 

Thirty-fourth 

Thirty-fifth 

Thirty-sixth 

Thirty-seventh 

Thkty-eighth 

Thbty-ninlh 

Fortieth 

Ft)fty.first 



Section 

a 



i^ -x 



68 



APPORTIONMENT OF APPROPRIA- 

" TIONS FOR REPAIRS ANiy-^" 

^ 'FURNITURE, SECTIONAL;-" 

Central High School ^193 90 

Phffei:- Normal " ...:..: 463 3^ 

Giris' High " ...:.;: 387 80 

Gentt-al Manual Training School . ; 193 g8 

Northeast " -" ' . ; 193 98 

J&riies Forten Elementary Mannal 'rt^ >'^ 

■'^^Ttalning School .... f . ^'."^ 77 56 

First-^* Section ...;.;: 387 86 

Secbnd " 271 49 

Third' " ....... 193 ^o 

Fonwh " i ; 155 is 

Fifth • " ....... 133 7§ 

Sixth " ....... iss iS 

Sfcventh " 3*9 63 

Eighth " ......; tgi'^ 

Niftth " .....;; 15^ iS 

Teiith " .....;; 193 90 

Eleventh " ....... 15s 2S 

Twdfth " ....... t§5 fS 

Thhteenth " 15S is 

Fourteenth " 298 85 

Fifteenth " 349 02 

Sixteenth " 213 29 

Seventeenth " 174 51 

Eighteenth *' 349 02 

69 



Nineteenth Section $349 02 

Twentieth *' 387 80 

Twenty-first " 310 25 

Twenty-second " 581 70 

Twenty-third " ....... 310 25 

Twenty-fourth '* 329 63 

Twenty-fifth " 310 25 

Twenty-sixth " 387 80 

Twenty-seventh " 271 47 

Twenty-eighth ** 310 25 

Twenty-ninth " 387 80 

Thirtieth " 232 69 

Thirty-first " 232 69 

Thirty-second " 310 25 

Thirty-third '' 310 25 

Thirty-fourth " ....... 271 47 

Thirty-fifth , " ....... 200 00 

Thirty-sixth " 349 02 

Thirty-seventh " igS 12 

Thirty-eighth " , 310 25 

Thirty-ninth " . 310 25 

Fortieth " 271 47 

Forty-first . " 71 47 



70 



APPORTIONMENT OF APPROPRIA- 
TIONS FOR SPECIALS. 



Central High School ^928 12 

Phila. Normal " 1,856 25 

Girls' High " 4.455 00 

Central Manual Training School . 1,485 00 

Northeast " " . 1,113 75 
James Forten Elementary Manual 

Training School 556 87 

Industrial Art School . . .... 371 23 

First Section 2,895 75 

Second " i,930 50 

Third " 2,153 ^5 

Fourth " 1,856 25 

Fifth " 1,485 00 

Sixth " 2,227 50 

Seventh " 1,93° 5° 

Eighth " 1,113 75 

Ninth " 928 12 

Tenth " 1,299 37 

Eleventh " 2,041 87 

Twelfth " 1,856 25 

Thirteenth " 1,485 00 

Fourteenth " 2,598 75 

Fifteenth " 2,598 75 

Sixteenth " 2,598 75 

Seventeenth " 1,856 25 

Eighteenth " 3,712 50 

71 



Nineteenth Section 

Twentieth 

Twenty-first 

Twenty-second 

Twenty-third 

Twenty -fourth 

Twenty-fifth 

Twenty-sixth 

Twenty-seventh 

Twenty-eighth 

Twenty-ninth 

Thirtieth 

Thirty-first 

Thirty-second 

Thirty-third 

Thirty-fourth 

Thirty-fifth 

Thirty-sixth 

Thirty-seventh 

Thirty-eighth 

Thirty-ninih 

Fortieth 

Forty- first 



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Hi AVIAI 



5Aj.* A^O^"^ 



